Unable to change Windows Azure Pipeline agent proxy password

Question

I have had to configure an Azure Pipelines Agent using the --proxyurl, --proxyusername and --proxypassword parameters during agent configuration (as per https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/proxy?view=azure-devops&tabs=windows), on a computer within my customers' network. This agent has been working perfectly for several releases.

I recently had to change the password for my customer account which is used by the Azure Pipelines Agent for proxy access. The agent now informs me the network proxy requires authentication when I run run.cmd. If I run config remove, I get the same message.

I have tried setting the environment variables VSTS_HTTP_PROXY_USERNAME and VSTS_HTTP_PROXY_PASSWORD but the same message is shown.

How do I update the password, which would seem to be a simple thing to do, and surely thought of in the design of these agents!

If there is no simple way, how do I force delete the agent? Delete it in Azure, delete c:\agent, and ?

TIA

Jon

Answer 1

Hello @Jon Beets ,

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Thanks for your understanding, have a nice day.

Sincerely,
Tianyu

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Answer 2

Thanks Tianyu.

In case anyone comes across this question, I used the forced delete path, and have got the Agent back up and running.

Jon